Show Doctor Your THE Says Til following it one of a series of arof tht Utah ticles written by members State Medical Association and published in cooperation with your local newspaper These articles are scheduled to appear every the year in an other week throughout effort to belter acquaint vou u'ith problems and designed to Improve the of health well bang of the people of Utah in Diabetes Weight The problem of body weight in diabetes assumes prime importance in that it is a precipitating factor in the occurrence of diabetes and also because it increases the death rate in the known diabetics Before progressing with the danger of obesity as regards to a few factors about diabetes heredity in this disease should be discussed Obesity and heredity are intimately concerned in the cause of this disease transmitted as a recessive gene This means that all childreh of two diabetic parents will have diabetes eventually that half of the children of a known diabetic and a diabetic carrier will have diabetes without and that t wo carriers will outward evidence of diabetes have one fourth of their children with diabetes It is estimated that one out of every four people in the United States has a diabetic of relative thus the possibility any parent carrying the diabetic trait unknowingly is of leal importance There is no labmatory test to determine which individual may be carrying a recessive diabetic 1 a it wJhout showing evidence of diabetes It is only when the develops diabetes that it is known that both parents aie cai-iers It is in these persons with the uthented diabetic trait that the control of weight ran mean the difference in having or not having diabetes In children the occurrence of diabetes is not associated with obesity as only 2ft of childhood diabetics are overweight Obesity is considered to be the most important factor in the occurrence of diabetes in the adult population There is no scientific basis for the conception in the public mind that eating too much Mrs Jos A Nielsen entertained at dinner at Maddox Ranch House near Brigham Monday evening for her five brother? and their wives Rhodes Dinner was served to 14 Dr Robert Wassom of Tooele spent the weekend with his ents here sugar causes diabetes In a comGARLAND posite analysis of the occutv'ie of diabetes in the adult populaGARLAND UTAH tion from various large diabetic Page 4 clinics were under only 8 13 1953 November Friday 15 normal weight standards of the 5000 cases wcie normal in 77 oven were eight weight and Bearer Dam - Collinston prior to onset ov diabetes In another large series less than l‘o Mrs Cecil Brown and1 children of the patients developing diabetes The Nancy Ann Gary Virginia and were 20 underweight of Provo spent the week-en- t that show Robert obesity figures clearly is a real health haznid a3 a prewith Mr & Mrs Lester Fronk & Mrs Ferdinand Nielsen disposing cause of diabetes Mr Once the diabetes has appealed of Mantua were weekend guests obesity still remains a facloi Inof Mrs Lillie Veibell and family surance statistics compiled by ill Robert Anderson who received comAmerican of the major treatment at the Dee Hospital at panies show that the death rate Ogden for a compound arm lt’G for the overweight diabetic is returned home Sunday after per 100000 for those of norm tl at the hospital weight 28 per 100000 and for five days those fortunate enough to be un& Mrs 6 100000 Mr Seymour Johnson per only derweight were accompanied by Mr & Mrs Clinical experience in the in the thnty of diabetes Fllis Y Johnson of Logan to Paradise where they spent a years that insulin has been available has shown that the obese pleasant social evening with Mrs diabetic can greatly lover his inMilton Burrell sulin intake by reducing The majMr & Mrs George E Johnson ority of this gtoup have found that in most cases they can omt drove to Ogden Tuesday to take the use of insulin and tontiol their son Pvt Ellsworth B Johnon a diabetic diet son who had spent al themselves alone once they have reached a furlough with them and was This fieedoni to Camp weight Roberts Calif from the expense and bother ot where he received his basic trainis the daily insulin injections Pvt has Johnson received ing foi the hunger pains suffers his assignment to serve ed during the months of reducing duty in Japan and will leave in a chalbecomes then Obesity near future the An lenge in preventive medicine Mrs Ollie Bowen spent Wedindividual can never safely assume nesday in Preston that his obesity may not be plungof Logan spent Bowen Anna being him into diabetes merely the weekend with her parents cause his parents weren't diabolic Mrs & L Bowen Mr Gideon bath One can never bo suio that Mr & Mrs Pete Christiansen parents may not have reres-n- lie that and and diabetes baby Kyle formerly of Ogfactois for is hastening the appearance jI den have moved here to make diabetes by overeating It gee their home without saying that those indiid Mr & Mrs Frank Smith and uals who have diabetes ii the family visited friends and relafamily are truly bringing on dia- tives in Grace last Friday betes by their joy of eating Beverly Ricky and Judy AnIn summary it has been siown derson spent several days last that obesity is the biggest factr week with Mr & Mrs Elmer Ancausing diabetes in the hered- derson in Garland individual predisposed itarily Mr & Mrs Bill Barker of Logan of an underweight Maintenance Mr condition in the adult will not spent Monday evening visiting & Mrs George E Johnson and only aid in preventing diabetes sons Rulon and Ellsworth prior but if diabetes is already present will increase life expectance and to Ellsworth’s leaving Tuesday to resume military duty decrease the insulin requirement Mr & Mrs Alvin Walkenhurst Charlotte Anna and John Walkenhurst of Salt Lake City and Mrs Gen Driggs of Salt Lake Mrs Florence Christensen of EphCity visited with Mrs Fern Iluish raim Mr & Mrs Paul Kuhni Sufrom Friday until Monday san Kuhni and Mrs Connie JohnMr & Mrs Max Archibald and son and daughters of Sandy Mr children of Blackfoot spent the A’ Mrs Paul J Kuhni of Midvale and Mr & Mrs Harold C Bateman weekend here and son George and Mr & Mrs Mr & Mrs F S Peck visited in Durell Ericksen and family and Brigham and Ogden Tuesday Mrs Bill Barker were guests attending the birthday party honoring Mrs Charlotte W Johnson on her 85th anniversary Sunday at the B F Johnson par- TIMES home Mar Jean Jensen of Salt Lake City spent the weekend with her parents Mr & Mrs Mark Jensen Mr & Mrs Dennis Simihons of Logan were Sunday guests of Mr Mrs Thos Y Simmons LaMon Simmons who is teaching school at Roy also spent the weekend with his parents Ellsworth Johnson Pvt and Alton Veibel lattended the missionary party Friday for Mark Mark is leavBenson in Newton ing to serve in the Australian A: YOUR CONVERT LOSSES INTO PERMANENT ASSETS ditch irrigation means terrific water loss In the West the average loss is 25 with cases on record as high as 70— mcotly due to seepage reduced velocity Open (caused by weed growlh) and evaporation HEAD AU TO MEfT ( ri U3 CATES C°NCFr NIAOWAU IrTHM COMCm Ol OPENINGS WON 24 smis J'”MfTAl SCREW M MOM I TO 4Z INCHES A YOV NtlO! 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